On 08/03/07, Izumi AIZU < iza@anr.org> wrote:

I think it's good idea to organize this survey. If possible, could we
also do some user survey on the same subject? Ideally, I like to
make an online survey which costs minimum with some automatic
tally feature.

The challenge may be how to avoid spam or
non-serious responses, etc.

izumi

2007/3/8, Wendy Seltzer <wendy@seltzer.com>:
> Thanks to Danny Younger for starting this conversation.
>
> Danny has proposed that the ALAC initiate research on a specific,
> registrant-affecting question: What are the scope and magnitude of
> transfer-away fees among the various registrars?  These fees, charged to
> domain-name registrants when they seek to leave one registrar for
> another, can lock registrants in to a registrar who no longer serves
> their needs (as has happened in droves with former Registerfly
> customers). High fees can also contravene the intent of the uniform
> transfers policy.  We have seen little public information about these fees.
>
> So, here is a focused research task:
> For each registrar, ask
> Is there a transfer-away fee for registrants to take their domain names
> to another registrar?
> If so, what is the fee?
> Is the transfer-away fee disclosed to the registrant at the time of
> registration?
> Where and how is such disclosure made?
> Is the fee subject to change?
>
> After we decide whether these are the relevant questions, we should ask
> staff to contact all registrars for their responses, and/or review
> public information on the registrars' websites.
>
> If you're interested in this research, please respond to this message
> with your thoughts.
>
> --Wendy
>
> --
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> Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society
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